AB133-ASA1-AA2,73,16 16325. Page 431, line 22: after that line insert:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,73,18 17"(dm) "Nonprofit conservation organization" has the meaning given in s.
1823.0955 (1).".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,73,19 19326. Page 432, line 5: after that line insert:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,73,21 20"(h) "State conservation reserve enhancement subprogram" means the
21subprogram under sub. (2) (a) 5.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,73,2422 (i) "Total bonding authority" means the total amount that may be obligated
23under a subprogram under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship 2000
24program over the entire duration of the program.".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,74,1
1327. Page 432, line 7: delete "for conservation and recreational purposes".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,74,3 2328. Page 432, line 9: after "acquisition" insert "for conservation or
3recreational".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,74,4 4329. Page 432, line 10: after that line insert:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,74,5 5"3. A subprogram for bluff protection.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,74,76 4. A subprogram for land acquisition in the Baraboo Hills for conservation
7purposes.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,74,108 5. A subprogram to enable the state to participate in the state conservation
9reserve enhancement program as approved by the secretary of the federal
10department of agriculture under 16 USC 3834 (f) (4).".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,74,12 11330. Page 432, line 11: substitute "Except as provided in sub. (5m), no" for
12"No".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,74,13 13331. Page 433, line 8: delete that line.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,74,14 14332. Page 433, line 10: delete that line.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,74,15 15333. Page 433, line 11: delete lines 11 to 12 and substitute:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,74,18 16"(dm) Except as provided in subs. (4m) (k), (4r) (b), (5) and (5m), the department
17may not obligate under the subprogram for land acquisition more than the following
18amounts:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,74,1919 1. For fiscal year 2000-01, $10,000,000.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,74,2020 2. For fiscal year 2001-02, $13,500,000.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,74,2121 3. For fiscal year 2002-03, $15,500,000.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,74,2222 4. For fiscal year 2003-04, $19,000,000.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,75,2
15. For each fiscal year beginning with 2004-05 and ending with fiscal year
22009-10, $19,500,000.".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,75,3 3334. Page 434, line 9: delete lines 9 to 19 and substitute:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,75,6 4"(dm) Except as provided in subs. (4r) (b) and (5), the department may not
5obligate under the subprogram for property development and local assistance more
6than the following amounts:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,75,77 1. For fiscal year 2000-01, $8,100,000.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,75,88 2. For fiscal year 2001-02, $11,000,000.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,75,99 3. For fiscal year 2002-03, $12,700,000.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,75,1110 4. For each fiscal year beginning with 2003-04 and ending with fiscal year
112009-10, $15,500,000.".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,75,12 12335. Page 434, line 21: after that line insert:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,75,15 13"(4g) Bluff protection. (a) Except as provided in par. (b) and subs. (4r) (b) and
14(5), the department may not obligate under the subprogram for bluff protection more
15than the following amounts:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,75,1616 1. For fiscal year 2000-01, $1,900,000.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,75,1817 2. For each fiscal year beginning with 2001-02 and ending with fiscal year
182003-04, $500,000.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,75,2419 (b) If the total amount obligated for the subprogram for bluff protection on June
2030, 2004, is less than $3,400,000, the department shall calculate the unobligated
21amount by subtracting the total obligated amount from $3,400,000. The department
22shall then adjust the available bonding authority for the subprogram for property
23development and local assistance by increasing the available bonding authority in
24an amount equal to the unobligated amount.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,76,2
1(c) The department may not obligate moneys for the subprogram for bluff
2protection after June 30, 2004.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,76,3 3(4m) Baraboo Hills. (a) Definitions. In this subsection:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,76,64 1. "Assigned amount" means the sum of the amounts made available for
5expenditure under par. (g) and the amounts set aside by the department under par.
6(h) 1.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,76,97 2. "Federal nontransportation moneys" means moneys received from the
8federal government that are not deposited in the transportation fund and that are
9not credited to the appropriations under ss. 20.115 (2) (m) and 20.445 (1) (ox).
AB133-ASA1-AA2,76,1210 3. "Local governmental unit" means a city, village, town, county, lake sanitary
11district, as defined in s. 30.50 (4q) or a public inland lake protection and
12rehabilitation district.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,76,1413 4. "Nonprofit conservation organization" has the meaning given in s. 23.0955
14(1).
AB133-ASA1-AA2,76,1715 (b) Matching funding. The department shall provide funding under the
16subprogram for the Baraboo Hills to match the value of land acquisitions that are
17certified as qualifying matching land acquisitions under par. (e).
AB133-ASA1-AA2,76,1918 (c) Overall requirements. 1. Except as provided in sub. (4r) (b), the department
19may obligate not more than $5,000,000 under the subprogram for the Baraboo Hills.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,76,2320 2. The amount of moneys, other than federal moneys, that may be used by local
21governmental units or nonprofit conservation organizations to make land
22acquisitions that are certified as qualifying matching land acquisitions under par.
23(e) may not exceed $2,500,000.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,77,324 3. Land that is either certified as a qualifying matching land acquisition under
25par. (e) or (h) 2. or acquired with moneys made available for expenditure under par.

1(g) or (h) 2. may not be department land or land that is otherwise owned or under the
2jurisdiction of the state on the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts
3date].
AB133-ASA1-AA2,77,64 (d) Matching land acquisitions; requirements. The department may only
5certify as a qualifying matching land acquisition in the Baraboo Hills an acquisition
6to which all of the following apply:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,77,77 1. The land is being acquired for conservation purposes.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,77,98 2. The land is being acquired by the federal government, by a local
9governmental unit or by a nonprofit conservation organization.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,77,1110 3. Any federal moneys being used for the acquisition are federal
11nontransportation moneys.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,77,1512 (e) Matching land acquisitions; certification. The department shall certify
13which land acquisitions qualify as matching land acquisitions for the subprogram for
14the Baraboo Hills and shall determine the values of these matching land acquisitions
15as provided in par. (f).
AB133-ASA1-AA2,77,1816 (f) Matching land acquisitions; valuation. The value of a land acquisition that
17is certified as a qualifying matching land acquisition under par. (e) shall be
18calculated as follows:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,77,2219 1. For land that is acquired by purchase at fair market value, the value shall
20equal the sum of the purchase price and the costs incurred by the federal
21government, local governmental unit or nonprofit conservation organization in
22acquiring the land.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,78,223 2. For land that is acquired by gift or bequest or by purchase at less than fair
24market value, the value shall equal the sum of the appraised fair market value of the
25land at the time of the acquisition and the costs incurred by the acquiring entity in

1acquiring the land. The acquiring entity shall supply the appraisal upon which the
2appraised fair market value is based.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,78,93 (g) Matching land acquisitions; available moneys. For each land acquisition
4that is certified as a qualifying matching land acquisition under par. (e) the
5department shall make available for expenditure moneys in an amount that equals
6the value of the land acquisition, as calculated under par. (f). This paragraph does
7not apply to a land acquisition that is acquired with moneys committed by the federal
8government, local governmental unit or nonprofit conservation organization under
9par. (h).
AB133-ASA1-AA2,78,1710 (h) Matching land acquisitions; future commitments. 1. In addition to the
11moneys made available for expenditure under par. (g), the department shall set aside
12moneys in amounts that equal amounts that the federal government, local
13governmental units or nonprofit conservation organizations commit for the
14acquisition of land in the Baraboo Hills for conservation purposes. Federal moneys
15that are committed under this paragraph shall be federal nontransportation
16moneys. The department may set aside moneys under this paragraph only for
17commitments that are made before January 1, 2006.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,78,2318 2. For each land acquisition that is made by using moneys that are committed
19by the federal government, a local governmental unit or a nonprofit conservation
20organization under this paragraph and that is certified as a qualifying matching
21land acquisition under par. (e), the department shall make available for expenditure
22moneys in an amount that equals the value of the land acquisition, as calculated
23under par. (f), after the acquisition is certified.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,79,224 (i) Available moneys; uses. The moneys made available for expenditure under
25par. (g) or (h) 2. may be used by the department to acquire land in the Baraboo Hills

1for conservation purposes and to award grants to local governmental units and
2nonprofit conservation organizations.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,79,83 (j) Available moneys; grant requirements. A local governmental unit or
4nonprofit conservation organization that receives a grant under par. (i) does not need
5to provide any matching funding. Land acquired with moneys from a grant awarded
6under par. (i) may not be certified by the department as a qualifying matching land
7acquisition under par. (e). Grants awarded under par. (i) shall be used to acquire land
8for conservation purposes in the Baraboo Hills.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,79,179 (k) Unassigned amount. If the assigned amount for the subprogram for the
10Baraboo Hills on January 1, 2006, is less than the available bonding authority, the
11department shall calculate the unassigned amount by subtracting the assigned
12amount from the available bonding authority. The department shall then adjust the
13annual bonding authority for the subprogram for land acquisition by increasing its
14annual bonding authority by an amount equal to this unassigned amount. The
15department shall expend any assigned amount that has not been expended before
16January 1, 2006, for acquisitions by the department of land for conservation
17purposes and for grants that meet the requirements under par. (j).
AB133-ASA1-AA2,79,2218 (L) Highway construction required. No moneys may be obligated for the
19subprogram for the Baraboo Hills before the department of transportation certifies
20to the department of natural resources that highway construction that will result in
21at least 4 traffic lanes has begun on the portion of USH 12 between the city of
22Middleton and the village of Sauk City.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,80,2 23(4r) State conservation reserve enhancement subprogram. (a) Limits.
24Except as provided in par. (b) 2. and sub. (5), the department may not obligate under

1the subprogram for state conservation reserve enhancement more than the following
2amounts:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,80,33 1. For fiscal year 2000-01, $10,000,000.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,80,44 2. For fiscal year 2001-02, $10,000,000.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,80,55 3. For fiscal year 2002-03, $6,300,000.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,80,136 (b) Transfers to other subprograms; removal of limits. 1. If the available
7bonding authority for a given fiscal year under the subprogram under this subsection
8is more than the subprogram's annual bonding authority, the department of
9agriculture, trade and consumer protection may transfer an amount not to exceed
10the difference between the subprogram's available bonding authority less the annual
11bonding authority to one or more of the other subprograms under sub. (3), (4), (4g)
12or (4m) if the board of agriculture, trade and consumer protection determines that
13all of the conditions under sub. (5) (e) apply.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,80,2014 2. If the total amount obligated for the state conservation reserve enhancement
15subprogram on June 30, 2003, is less than $26,300,000, the department of
16agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall calculate the unobligated amount
17by subtracting the obligated amount from $26,300,000. The department of
18agriculture, trade and consumer protection may then expend for this subprogram
19any portion of or all of this unobligated amount in one or more subsequent fiscal
20years.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,80,2521 3. The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection may also
22transfer a portion or all of the unobligated amount under subd. 2. to one or more of
23the other subprograms under sub. (3), (4), (4g) or (4m) if the board of agriculture,
24trade and consumer protection determines that all of the conditions under sub. (5)
25(e) apply.".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,81,1
1336. Page 434, line 22: delete lines 22 to 25 and substitute:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,81,6 2"(5) Adjustments for subsequent fiscal years. (a) If for a given fiscal year
3the amount from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for a subprogram
4under sub. (3), (4), (4g) or (4r) is less than the annual bonding authority for that
5subprogram for that given fiscal year, the department that obligates moneys under
6the subprogram shall adjust".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,81,7 7337. Page 435, line 6: delete lines 6 to 9 and substitute:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,81,12 8"(b) If for a given fiscal year the amount from the moneys appropriated under
9s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for a subprogram under sub. (3), (4), (4g) or (4r) is more than the
10annual bonding authority for that subprogram for that given fiscal year, the
11department that obligates moneys under the subprogram shall adjust the annual
12bonding authority for that".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,81,13 13338. Page 435, line 13: after "(c)" insert ", (cm), (d)".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,81,14 14339. Page 435, line 14: substitute "(e)" for "(d)".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,81,15 15340. Page 435, line 16: substitute "(3), (4) or (4g)" for "(3) or (4)".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,81,16 16341. Page 435, line 19: after that line insert:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,81,21 17"(cm) The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection may not
18obligate in a fiscal year an amount from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2)
19(ta) for the subprogram under sub. (4r) that exceeds the amount equal to the annual
20bonding authority for that subprogram as it may have been previously adjusted
21under pars. (a) and (b), except as provided in par. (e).".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,81,22 22342. Page 435, line 21: substitute "(3), (4) or (4g)" for "(3) or (4)".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,81,23 23343. Page 436, line 9: after that line insert:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,82,8
1"(e) For a given fiscal year, in addition to obligating the amount of the annual
2bonding authority for the subprogram under sub. (4r), or the amount equal to the
3annual bonding authority for that subprogram, as adjusted under pars. (a) and (b),
4whichever amount is applicable, the department of agriculture, trade and consumer
5protection may also obligate for that subprogram up to 100% of the subprogram's
6annual bonding authority for that given fiscal year if the board of agriculture, trade
7and consumer protection determines that the conditions specified in par. (d) 1. to 3.
8apply.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,82,13 9(5m) Adjustments for land acquisitions. (a) Beginning in fiscal year
101999-2000, the department, subject to the approval of the governor and the joint
11committee on finance under sub. (6), may obligate under the subprogram for land
12acquisition any amount not in excess of the total bonding authority for that
13subprogram for the acquisition of land.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,82,1514 (b) For each land acquisition transaction under this subsection, all of the
15following apply:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,82,1616 1. The department shall sell a portion of the acquired land.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,82,2117 2. All proceeds from the sale of the land up to the amount obligated under par.
18(a) as determined by the secretary of administration shall be deposited into the
19general fund and credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (7) (ag).
20Notwithstanding s. 25.29 (1) (a), the proceeds in excess of the amount obligated
21under par. (a) shall be deposited into the general fund.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,83,222 3. For bonds that are retired from the proceeds of the sale of the acquired land
23within 3 years after the date that the land was acquired by the department, the
24department shall adjust the available bonding authority for the subprogram for land
25acquisition by increasing the available bonding authority for the fiscal year in which

1the bonds are retired by an amount equal to the total amount of the bonds issued for
2the sale that have been retired in that fiscal year.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,83,133 4. For bonds that are not retired from the proceeds of the sale of the acquired
4land within 3 years after the date that the land was acquired by the department, the
5department shall adjust the available bonding authority for the subprogram for land
6acquisition by decreasing the available bonding authority for the next fiscal year
7beginning after the end of that 3-year period by an amount equal to the total amount
8of the bonds that have been retired from such proceeds in that fiscal year and, if
9necessary, shall decrease for each subsequent fiscal year the available bonding
10authority in an amount equal to that available bonding authority or equal to the
11amount still needed to equal the total amount of the bonds retired from such
12proceeds, whichever is less, until the available bonding authority has been decreased
13by an amount equal to the total of the bonds not retired.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,83,1514 (c) Notwithstanding sub. (2) (a) 1., land acquired under this subsection need
15not be for conservation or recreational purposes.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,83,1816 (d) The department of administration shall monitor all transactions under this
17subsection to ensure compliance with federal law and to ensure that interest on the
18bonds is tax-exempt for the holders of the bonds.".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,83,19 19344. Page 436, line 10: delete lines 10 to 19 and substitute:
AB133-ASA1-AA2,84,7 20"(6) Review by joint committee on finance. (a) The department of natural
21resources or the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection may not
22obligate from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for a given project or activity
23unless it first notifies the joint committee on finance in writing of the proposal. If the
24cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the department making the proposal

1within 14 working days after the date of that department's notification that the
2committee has scheduled a meeting to review the proposal, the department making
3the proposal may obligate the moneys. If, within 14 working days after the date of
4the notification by the department making the proposal, the cochairpersons of the
5committee notify that department that the committee has scheduled a meeting to
6review the proposal, the department making the proposal may obligate the moneys
7only upon approval of the committee.
AB133-ASA1-AA2,84,98 (b) Paragraph (a) applies only to an amount for a project or activity that exceeds
9$250,000 except as provided in par. (c).
AB133-ASA1-AA2,84,1010 (c) Paragraph (a) applies to any land acquisition under sub. (5m).".
AB133-ASA1-AA2,84,11 11345. Page 436, line 21: substitute "(b), (c) and (dm)" for "(b) and (c)".
Loading...
Loading...